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Event Series Ornament Personalization with Marj Nejdl

Ornament Personalization with Marj Nejdl

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

In celebration of the holiday season, Master Czech Folk Artist Marj Nejdl will be on hand in the Museum Store to personalize ornaments for you, including the 2021 Limited Edition NCSML Ornament designed by Marj herself (shown at right). Ornament personalization can be commissioned for almost any ornament for a small added price. The last...

Dance Workshop with Dagmar Spain

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Dancer, educator, and choreographer Dagmar Spain will lead a workshop at NCSML on movement as a physical dialogue for expressing democracy. This workshop is appropriate for anyone interested in communication; no prior dance training or experience is necessary. Spain considers and refers to movement as dialogue, quoting theologian Kai Alhanen as her inspiration for this...

Coffee and Kolach

Join us for our first Coffee & Kolach of the new year! Joining us will be Tom Dine, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the American Friends of the Czech Republic (AFoCR). He will discuss his work with AFoCR and the importance of preserving democracy on both sides of the Atlantic. Brew a pot...

Museum Store Closed For Inventory

The NCSML Museum Store is closed Jan. 10 for inventory and will reopen Jan. 11 at 9:30 a.m. You can still shop online at store.ncsml.org. The Museum and its galleries are open as normal.

Beginner’s Czech Language & Culture I

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library continues to partner with Anna Cooková, an instructor with CzechTalk, to offer online Czech language and culture lessons. The next Beginner’s Czech Language & Culture I starts on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Each class will be held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Central Time every Tuesday...

COVID, the University, and the Community

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is pleased to host a webinar presented by the president of Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, Dr. Martin Procházka, a world-renowned expert on issues related to COVID in the community. His current area of focused research is COVID’s impact in universities. As an OB/GYN specialist, he...

A lecture on Slovak headdresses with Helene Cincebeaux

Join Helene Cincebeaux via Zoom at 7 p.m. CST for the world-premiere of the video highlighting the unique stories associated with her “Crowning Glory” exhibit. For the past 40 plus years, Helene and her mother collected unique, one-of-a-kind headdresses from Moravia and Slovakia. Helene will discuss the history, cultural significance, and most importantly, the human...